Steube Voices Support for Withdrawing U.S. Troops from Afghanistan in House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing

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U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today voiced his support for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Among the witnesses present for the hearing were Zalmay Khalilzad, Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, and Karen Freeman, Acting Assistant Administrator from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

"I supported President Trump in ending the forever wars, I supported President Trump by putting a date certain for U.S. forces to leave Afghanistan on May 1st," Steube said. "I supported that and I'm disappointed that the Biden Administration is kicking the can down the road until September."

The United States initially sent U.S. troops to Afghanistan in October 2001 and a military presence has been stationed there since. There have been over 2,300 casualities in Afghanistan, with many more U.S. servicemembers returning disabled or suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

During his Administration, President Donald Trump negotiated a complete exit for U.S. troops by May 1, 2021. However, President Biden has announced that he will not completely withdraw U.S. troops until as late as September 11, 2021 -- four months beyond the deadline.

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